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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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St John ch. 16, v. 5<br />

Ecce homo.<br />

Behold the man.<br />

St John ch. 19, v. 5<br />

Consummatum est.<br />

It is achieved.<br />

St John ch. 19, v. 30.<br />

Noli me tangere.<br />

Do not touch me.<br />

St John ch. 20, v. 17.<br />

Sicut modo geniti infantes, rationabile, sine dolo lac concupiscite.<br />

After the fashion <strong>of</strong> newborn babes, desire the sincere milk <strong>of</strong> the word.<br />

1 Peter ch. 2, v. 2.<br />

Magna est veritas, et praevalet.<br />

Great is truth, and it prevails.<br />

3 Esdras ch. 4, v. 41.<br />

2.117 Isaac Bickerstaffe c.1733-c.1808<br />

Perhaps it was right to dissemble your love,<br />

But—why did you kick me downstairs?<br />

‘An Expostulation’<br />

<strong>The</strong>re was a jolly miller once,<br />

Lived on the river Dee;<br />

He worked and sang from morn till night;<br />

No lark more blithe than he.<br />

‘Love in a Village’ (a comic opera with music by Thomas Arne, 1762) act 1, sc. 2<br />

And this the burthen <strong>of</strong> his song,<br />

For ever used to be,<br />

I care for nobody, not I,<br />

If no one cares for me.<br />

‘Love in a Village’ (1762) act 1, sc. 2<br />

2.118 E. H. Bickersteth 1825-1906<br />

Peace, perfect peace, in this dark world <strong>of</strong> sin?<br />

<strong>The</strong> Blood <strong>of</strong> Jesus whispers peace within.<br />

‘Songs in the House <strong>of</strong> Pilgrimage’ (1875) ‘Peace, perfect peace’<br />

2.119 Georges Bidault 1899-1983<br />

<strong>The</strong> weak have one weapon: the errors <strong>of</strong> those who think they are strong.

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